GRANT HEILMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, INC. v. THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. et al

Filing 246

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW IS DENIED. THE PARTIES SHALL HAVE 14 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS ORDER TO STATE THEIR POSITIONS AS TO WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD CERTIFY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER PLAINTIFF WAS ON INQUIRY NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS OCCURING BEFORE 4/29/09 FOR INER. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MICHAEL M. BAYLSON ON 3/20/15. 3/20/15 ENTERED AND COPIES EMAILED.(rf, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
GRANT HEILMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, INC.

CIVIL ACTION

v.
NO. 12-2061
MCGRAW-HILL GLOBAL
EDUCATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC,
MGRAW-HILL SCHOOL EDUCATION
HOLDINGS, LLC, and JOHN DOES
PRINTERS 1-10

ORDER
And NOW, this 20th day of March 2015, for the reasons stated in the foregoing
memorandum, upon consideration of Defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law (ECF
192) and Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Support (ECF 195), and all responses and replies
thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law is DENIED.
2. The parties shall have 14 days from the date of this Order to state their positions as to
whether the Court should certify the question of whether Plaintiff was on inquiry notice
of copyright infringements occurring before April 19, 2009 for interlocutory appeal to the
Third Circuit under Fed. R. Civ. P. 1292(b).

BY THE COURT:
/s/ Michael M. Baylson
__________________________
Michael M. Baylson, U.S.D.J.

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